SECTION ONE
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P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S AG E | DA N S T E FA N I C H
In a changing world, be sure to unplug.
The leaves are already starting to turn colors
here in Minnesota as another season comes to
a close. As I ref lect upon the change of season,
I can’t help but think of other changes taking
place... our world, our environment, and our
ways of communicating.
make a phone call. They get angry when we
are in a wif i “dead” zone. They actually expect
to be wired or “plugged in” to the internet all
the time.
Technology has not only changed the way
we consume information, but how we
communicate with each other. Electronic
messaging like texting, email, and private
messaging through applications has enabled
us to digitally speak to our friends and family
easily and instantly. But as we’ve become
reliant upon the convenience we also become
conditioned to instant response. In fact, we
expect it. We’ve become an “on demand”
society where instant gratif ication dominates.
Our future generations will be worse.
My kids have no idea what it was like to wait
until you arrived somewhere before you could
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Volume 02 No. 04 | 2018